Common Orache (Atriplex patula) (20/08/2023) Stubble field on footpath towards West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield.

Stubble field on footpath towards West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield. Bracteoles - books say 3-7mm. But the bracteoles are always triangular with few bobbles on the edges.

Common Orache (Atriplex patula) (20/08/2023) Stubble field on footpath towards West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield. Bracteoles - books say 3-7mm. But the bracteoles are always triangular with few bobbles on the edges.

Stubble field on footpath towards West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield. Has wax-like crystals (like Fat Hen) for water-repellancy which is what gives the plant its frosted appearance.

Common Orache (Atriplex patula) (20/08/2023) Stubble field on footpath towards West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield. Has wax-like crystals (like Fat Hen) for water-repellancy which is what gives the plant its frosted appearance.

Stubble field on footpath towards West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield. This one is very crystalline - not the wax mentioned earlier, this is instead a process called "Guttation" whereby the plant as it ages (and this one is older than previous images) secretes minerals and salts via hydathodes (pores) which result in crystalline deposits on teh plant's surface.

Common Orache (Atriplex patula) (18/09/2021) Stubble field on footpath towards West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield. This one is very crystalline - not the wax mentioned earlier, this is instead a process called "Guttation" whereby the plant as it ages (and this one is older than previous images) secretes minerals and salts via hydathodes (pores) which result in crystalline deposits on teh plant's surface.

Stubble field on footpath towards West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield. Common Orache can be a small plant with small bracteoles, or a more substantial one like this with larger bracteoles (books say 3-7mm). But the bracteoles are always triangular with few bobbles on the edges.

Common Orache (Atriplex patula) (01/09/2021) Stubble field on footpath towards West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield. Common Orache can be a small plant with small bracteoles, or a more substantial one like this with larger bracteoles (books say 3-7mm). But the bracteoles are always triangular with few bobbles on the edges.

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (car park). Tiny flowers only just able to be got on my phone - you can see an anther poking out at the bottom.

Common Orache (Atriplex patula) (24/08/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (car park). Tiny flowers only just able to be got on my phone - you can see an anther poking out at the bottom.

Stubble field on footpath towards West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield. Three versions of Common Orache - some can be really robust and upright (the one on the right), others can be small and prostrate (the two on the left). Those are definitely not Grass-Leaved because that only grows by the coast (or on salted roads).

Common Orache (Atriplex patula) (01/09/2021) Stubble field on footpath towards West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield. Three versions of Common Orache - some can be really robust and upright (the one on the right), others can be small and prostrate (the two on the left). Those are definitely not Grass-Leaved because that only grows by the coast (or on salted roads).

Stubble field on footpath towards West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield. The giss of the larger specimen of Common Orache from the previous image.

Common Orache (Atriplex patula) (01/09/2021) Stubble field on footpath towards West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield. The giss of the larger specimen of Common Orache from the previous image.

Stubble field on footpath towards West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield. This is a smaller specimen than the other images. At first I thought it was grass-leaved, but the habitat is wrong and the leaves on that are much narrower than this..

Common Orache (Atriplex patula) (01/09/2021) Stubble field on footpath towards West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield. This is a smaller specimen than the other images. At first I thought it was grass-leaved, but the habitat is wrong and the leaves on that are much narrower than this..

Common Orache (Atriplex patula) (18/09/2021) Stubble field on footpath towards West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield. Can be red-tinged as here.

Stubble field on footpath towards West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield. My little finger for scale against the Common Orache show in the previous three photos.

Common Orache (Atriplex patula) (18/09/2021) Stubble field on footpath towards West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield. My little finger for scale against the Common Orache show in the previous three photos.

Common Orache (Atriplex patula) (20/08/2023) Stubble field on footpath towards West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield.

Stubble field on footpath towards West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield. And this is what the bracteoles contain - was chuffed to find I'd photographed a fruit!

Common Orache (Atriplex patula) (01/09/2021) Stubble field on footpath towards West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield. And this is what the bracteoles contain - was chuffed to find I'd photographed a fruit!

Stubble field on footpath towards West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield. A fruit developing, stigma still attached.

Common Orache (Atriplex patula) (01/09/2021) Stubble field on footpath towards West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield. A fruit developing, stigma still attached.